Competitive Information for Carkol [Sword/Shield]
Rock / Fire
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Carkol? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Carkol is an outstanding Rock and Fire-typed Pokemon. Carkol is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Carkol is weak to Fighting, Ground, Rock, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Air Balloon / Eviolite
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Flare Blitz
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- High Horsepower
- Iron Head
Physical Sweeper Carkol (Flash Fire)
Carkol is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Carkol is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Carkol from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Carkol's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Carkol's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical STAB-boosted 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a considerable amount of damage.
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
Item: Air Balloon / Eviolite
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Burn Up / Overheat
- Ancient Power
- Scald
- Round
Special Sweeper Carkol (Flash Fire)
Carkol is a fabulous Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Carkol is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until Eviolte was added to the mix. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Carkol from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Carkol's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Carkol's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Overheat is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (lowers your Carkol's special attack by 2 stages).
♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Scald is a special 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Carkol? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: Air Balloon / Eviolite
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Rock Slide / Rock Tomb
- Flare Blitz
- High Horsepower
- Iron Head
Doubles Physical Sweeper Carkol (Flash Fire)
Carkol is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Carkol is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield until equipping Eviolite became the goto option. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Carkol from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Carkol's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Carkol's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Rock Tomb is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (100% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Flare Blitz is a physical STAB-boosted 120-base power Fire-type move (has 33% recoil. 10% chance to burn. thaws Carkol).
♦ High Horsepower is a physical 95-base power Ground-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Iron Head is a physical 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
Item: Air Balloon / Eviolite
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Heat Wave / Burn Up
- Ancient Power
- Scald
- Round
Doubles Special Sweeper Carkol (Flash Fire)
Carkol is an astounding Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Carkol is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield but Eviolite makes it possibly stronger than it's final form. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Carkol from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Carkol's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Flash Fire, Carkol's fire attacks do 1.5x damage if hit by one fire move; fire immunity.
♦ Burn Up is a special STAB-boosted 130-base power Fire-type move (Carkol's fire type becomes typeless; must be fire).
♦ Ancient Power is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Rock-type move (10% chance to raise all stats by 1 stage (not acc/eva)).
♦ Scald is a special 80-base power Water-type move (30% chance to burn the target. thaws target).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
Movepool
Wondering what moves can Carkol learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Carkol can perform in Sword/Shield. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Carkol
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
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